What is the best type of firewood for heating a house?
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Use soft woods (i.e. pine) to start a blaze going but are quick to burn. Then add hard woods (i.e. maple) for a longer lasting fire.
Hardwoods are best since they burn longer and in many cases burn cleaner. Oak is about the best and it smells fantastic.. Make sure it is totally dried (takes about 1 year). Maple can be used, however it contains a lot of sap and can screw up your chimney-flue. stay away from the man made logs that use chemicals. They can also mess up the chimney's.
A lot of what is "best" for you will be determined by where you live. If you are in the Northeast, oak or maple might be a choice. If you're in Texas (yes, they heat their homes in Texas) mesquite or oak. In the Southwest, pinon or juniper are a couple of good, hot burners. You want something that won't burn too quickly and that will give you good, hot heat. Most of those are going to be deciduous woods with a few exceptions - some "hardwoods" are not very hard and some of the softwood species like pinon work very well for heating. Forget about birch, aspen, and pine unless that's all you have to choose from. They do make good kindling, however.
Oak !
never burn pine...any hardwood is ok. even maple , if its been aged for a year sap wont be a problem...
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